Serious injuries to aquaplaning grays on the A1!

Serious injuries to aquaplaning grays on the A1!

on Tuesday morning, March 25, 2025, a serious traffic accident occurred on the West Autobahn (A1) in the municipal area of Zeillern, Amstetten, Lower Austria. In the incident, six people, including several seriously injured, were brought to a nearby hospital. The crashed van was occupied by Slovak citizens, including four women and two men, when he probably caught due to aquaplaning, the center concrete wall touched and finally came to a standstill on the breakdown strip. The seriously injured people are a 53-year-old, a 64-year-old and a 36-year-old. In addition, a 50-year-old handlebar as well as a 54-year-old and a 76-year-old were slightly injured. All injuries were transported to the State Clinic Amstetten, reports vienna.at .

The period immediately around the accident was characterized by bad weather conditions, which significantly impaired safety on the road. Aquaplaning occurs when water is jammed on the road between the tires and the road surface. As a result, contact with the road is lost, which is a considerable risk, especially at higher speeds. Drivers should always adapt their speed of the weather and road conditions to avoid accidents, as explained by ADAC

additional accident on the A1

The accident on the A1 was not the only incident of the day. The highway was also the scene of a truck fire between St. Valentin and Haag, which led to a short-term closure. Here, too, an aquaplaning incident occurred: the 42-year-old driver, who was traveling from Wels towards Vienna with her tractorizer, got into skid and crashed into the middle concrete control wall. Around midnight, 60 fire brigade members with 13 vehicles moved out to extinguish the vehicle in full fire. Fortunately, the driver was able to free herself from the cab in time. The fire was deleted after several hours, but not before considerable damage was caused on the road, the other vehicles concerned, as the reported.